abstract：:Genistein is often used as an inhibitor of tyrosine kinases. A less studied side effect of genistein is an inhibition of cyclic AMP-phosphodiesterase (cAMP-PDE) activity resulting in increased cAMP accumulation. The effect of genistein on intracellular cAMP-levels, basal and forskolin-induced, was studied in A549 huma...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Burvall KM,Palmberg L,Larsson K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the family of intracellular lipid binding proteins (iLBPs) have been implicated in cytoplasmic transport of lipophilic ligands, such as long-chain fatty acids and retinoids. iLBPs are low molecular mass proteins (14-16 kDa) sharing a common structural fold. The iLBP family likely arose through duplication a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Schaap FG,van der Vusse GJ,Glatz JF

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ileal bile acid-binding protein (I-BABP) is a soluble bile acids (BA) carrier protein which belongs to the fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) family. In the gut, its expression is strictly restricted to the ileum, where it is thought to be involved in the active BA reabsorption. Therefore, I-BABP gene expression levels...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Landrier JF,Grober J,Zaghini I,Besnard P

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both early diagnostic and prognostic assessment of the acute abdomen in preterm infants are hampered by the lack of a sensitive and specific parameter for intestinal injury. In this prospective clinical study we wanted to estimate the value of intestinal (I-) and liver (L-) fatty acid binding protein (FABP) in diagnos...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Guthmann F,Börchers T,Wolfrum C,Wustrack T,Bartholomäus S,Spener F

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lens epithelial cells are the metabolic unit of the lens and antioxidant enzymes are mainly concentrated here. The purpose of this study was to maintain human lens epithelial cells (HLEC) in culture and examine the status of antioxidant enzymes (glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx), catalase (CAT), glutathione-S-transferase...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mohanty I,Joshi S,Trivedi D,Srivastava S,Tandon R,Gupta SK

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is general agreement that the connexin43 gap junction protein is a substrate for phosphorylation by protein kinase C but there is no similar consensus regarding the action of protein kinase A. Our previous studies demonstrated that channels formed by connexin43 were reversibly gated in response to microinjected ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shah MM,Martinez AM,Fletcher WH

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maitake mushroom has been reported to favorably influence hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of whole Maitake mushroom powder and two extracts designated as ether soluble (ES) and water soluble (WS) on Zucker fatty rats (ZFR), a model of insulin resistance, and on ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Talpur NA,Echard BW,Fan AY,Jaffari O,Bagchi D,Preuss HG

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle plasma membrane suspension with the oxidant tert-butylhydroperoxide (t-buOOH) increases Ca2+ATPase activity. The smooth muscle plasma membrane possesses a Ca2+ dependent protease activity in the gelatin containing zymogram having an apparent molecular mass of 72 kDa. ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Das S,Chakraborti T,Mandal M,Mandal A,Chakraborti S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the glucose-lowering effects of vanadium could be related to increased muscle glycogen synthesis, we examined the in vivo effects of vanadium and insulin treatment on glycogen synthase (GS) activation in Zucker fatty rats. The GS fractional activity (GSFA), protein phosphatase-1 (PP1), and glycogen synthase kina...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Semiz S,McNeill JH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone H1 of rat alveolar macrophages, neutrophilic granulocytes and monocytes extracted with 5% (v/v) perchloric acid was studied in order to see whether a protein similar to histone H1 degrees of rat liver exists in these specialized cells. The biochemical methods used involved SDS and acid-urea polyacrylamide gel ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ghadam P,Rabbani A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalation of silica in a number of occupational settings can result in debilitating and costly lung disease. It is thought that the pathological replacement of functional lung tissue with fibrotic lesions in silica-induced lung disease is the result of chronic inflammation mediated by products of the silica-exposed a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Chen F,Shi X

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidants and inflammatory mediators such as tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) activate nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) and activator protein-1 (AP-1) transcription factors, and enhance the expression of both pro-inflammatory and protective antioxidant genes. Remodelling of chromatin within the nucleus, contr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rahman I,Gilmour PS,Jimenez LA,MacNee W

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to ambient particulate matter has been reported to be associated with increased rates of lung cancer. Previously we showed that total suspended particulate matter (PM) induces oxidative DNA damage in epithelial lung cells. The aim of the present study was to further investigate the mechanism of PM-induced DNA...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Knaapen AM,Shi T,Borm PJ,Schins RP

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) have recently been shown to be involved in a multiplicity of physiological responses through modulation of signaling pathways. Some of the specific signaling components altered by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) have begun to be identified. ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Forman HJ,Torres M,Fukuto J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperlipidemia is a well-known risk factor for atherosclerosis and statins are widely used to treat patients with elevated levels of lipids in their plasma. Notwithstanding the proven benefits of statin drugs on both primary and secondary prevention of heart disease, the high cost of statin treatment, in addition to p...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Man RY,Lynn EG,Cheung F,Tsang PS,O K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In various peroxynitrite (PN)-treated proteins, the formations of stable 3-nitrotyrosine (nitration) and labile S-nitrosocysteine (S-nitrosation) were observed by employing rapid Western blot in 6 h. The steps of SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and membrane-blotting were performed at 4 degrees C. It ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kuo WN,Kocis JM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate the possible effects of chronic dichlorvos exposure on the various aspects of calcium homeostasis in rat brain. Chronic dichlorvos administration caused significant rise in the intrasynaptosomal calcium levels. The activity of major calcium expelling enzyme i.e. Ca2+ATPase...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Raheja G,Gill KD

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Etomoxir, an inhibitor of mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1, is known to attenuate the changes in myosin isoforms and sarcoplasmic reticular function that occur in diabetic rat hearts. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that etomoxir also prevents the diabetes-induced depression of sarcolemmal...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kato K,Lukas A,Chapman DC,Rupp H,Dhalla NS

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human monoblastoid cells (U937) grown in the presence of therapeutically relevant dideoxycytidine concentrations (0.1 microM) become resistant to the drug thanks to an altered deoxycytidine kinase. In this paper we show that deoxycytidine kinase mRNA is significantly reduced in drug-resistant U937 cells (U937-R) altho...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Innoceta A,Galluzzi L,Ruzzo A,Andreoni F,Chiarantini L,Magnani M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant eukaryotic expression vector pCMV4-rmCGbeta, inserted full-length cDNA of the beta-subunit of rhesus monkey chorionic gonadotropin (rmCGbeta), as DNA immuno-contraceptive against CGbeta glycoprotein, has previously demonstrated the biological expression of rmCGbeta in vitro and in vivo. The plasmid DNA...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Chen Y,Liu Z,Yang Y,Chen YZ,Peng JP

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanylyl cyclases in eukaryotic unicells were biochemically investigated in the ciliates Paramecium and Tetrahymena, in the malaria parasite Plasmodium and in the ameboid Dictyostelium. In ciliates guanylyl cyclase activity is calcium-regulated suggesting a structural kinship to similarly regulated membrane-bound guan...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Linder JU,Schultz JE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two membrane bound guanylate cyclases are expressed in vertebrate photoreceptor cells. They serve a key function in photoreceptor physiology as they synthesize the intracellular transmitter of photoexcitation guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP). Both cyclases named ROS-GC1 and ROS-GC2 form a subclass of membra...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Koch KW,Duda T,Sharma RK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking is associated with a number of fatal diseases, including cancer of different organs. A number of oxoaldehydes are found in cigarette smoke, among which methylglyoxal (MG) is known to cause toxicity to cells upon accumulation. In biological systems, MG is converted to s-d-lactoylglutathione by glyoxal...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Biswas S,Gairola CG,Das SK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the hypocholesterolemic activity of green tea, our in vitro studies screened the relative efficacy of two structurally distinct green tea catechins, epicatechin (EC) and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), on apolipoprotein B-100 (apoB) and lipid production using a well established human hepatoma cell-line,...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yee WL,Wang Q,Agdinaoay T,Dang K,Chang H,Grandinetti A,Franke AA,Theriault A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of menaquinone-7 (MK-7; vitamin K2) on osteoclast-like cell formation and osteoclastic bone resorption in rat femoral tissues in vitro was investigated. The bone marrow cells were cultured for 7 days in a a-minimal essential medium (alpha-MEM) containing a well-known bone resorbing agent [parathyroid hormon...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yamaguchi M,Ma ZJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dramatic segregation of the nucleolar components in winter-acclimatized carp is the most striking cellular-phenotypical feature observed during the seasonal adaptation of this fish toward the circannual changes in its habitat. Our studies also show that the carp habitat temperature and photoperiod winter condition...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Alvarez M,Kausel G,Figueroa J,Vera MI

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, protein kinase CK2 has two isozymic forms of its catalytic subunit, designated CK2alpha and CK2alpha'. CK2alpha and CK2alpha' exhibit extensive similarity within their catalytic domains but have completely unrelated C-terminal sequences. To systematically examine the cellular functions of each CK2 isoform ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Litchfield DW,Bosc DG,Canton DA,Saulnier RB,Vilk G,Zhang C

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila melanogaster protein kinase CK2 (DmCK2) is a Ser/Thr protein kinase composed of catalytic alpha and regulatory beta subunits associated as an alpha2beta2 heterotetramer. Using the two hybrid system, we have screened a Drosophila embryo cDNA library in order to identify proteins that interact with DmCK2alpha...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kalive M,Trott RL,Bidwai AP

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial outlet obstruction of the rabbit urinary bladder results, initially, in a rapid increase in bladder mass and remodeling of the bladder wall. Previously, it was shown that this response was characterized by serosal growth (thickening) which was apparent after 1 day of obstruction, before any visible vasculariza...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Chichester P,Schröder A,Horan P,Levin RM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many glomerular diseases are associated with changes in the expression and distribution in the components of extracellular matrix. A remarkable feature in acute renal failure induced by mercuric chloride in rats was large fibronectin (Fn) deposits in kidneys 1 h post-HgCl2 injection (5 mg/kg body wt., s.c.). Our study...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Saball E,Salvarrey M,Serra E,Picó G,Elías MM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of lipid oxidation in atherogenesis the levels of lipid- and protein-bound products of peroxidation in normal and atherosclerotic areas of human aorta were investigated. The level of fluorescent (360/430 nm) lipid products was measured in chloroform-methanol extracts of aortic tissue. Normal intim...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Tertov VV,Kaplun VV,Mikhailova IA,Suprun IV,Orekhov AN

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PKC family of serine/threonine kinases have been implicated in a diverse array of cellular responses. Adult cardiac myocytes express multiple PKC isozymes, which participate in the response of muscle cells to extracellular stimuli, modulate contractile properties, and promote cell growth and survival. Recently, th...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Malhotra A,Kang BP,Opawumi D,Belizaire W,Meggs LG

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arjunolic acid, a new triterpene and a potent principle from the bark of Terminalia arjuna, has been shown to provide significant cardiac protection in isoproterenol induced myocardial necrosis in rats. To further explore the mechanism of action of arjunolic acid, antiplatelet activity, anticoagulant assays, electroca...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sumitra M,Manikandan P,Kumar DA,Arutselvan N,Balakrishna K,Manohar BM,Puvanakrishnan R

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of transcription and translation has advanced our understanding of cardiac diseases. Here, we present the hypothesis that the stability of mRNA mediated by the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) plays a role in changing gene expression in cardiovascular pathophysiology. Several proteins that bind to sequences i...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Misquitta CM,Iyer VR,Werstiuk ES,Grover AK

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PI-3 kinase signalling pathway is an important pathway in mediating the glucoregulatory effects of insulin and skeletal muscle (SKM) is the major tissue involved in glucose utilization. In diabetes this pathway is impaired, either due to lack of insulin as in Type I diabetes, or due to insulin resistance as in Typ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mohammad A,Bhanot S,McNeill JH

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (GH) has been reported to be useful to treat heart failure. To elucidate whether GH has direct beneficial effects on the heart, we examined effects of GH on oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes. TUNEL staining and DNA ladder analysis revealed that hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced apopt...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gu Y,Zou Y,Aikawa R,Hayashi D,Kudoh S,Yamauchi T,Uozumi H,Zhu W,Kadowaki T,Yazaki Y,Komuro I

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-documented evidence suggests that environmental and occupational exposure of toxic metals or metal-containing compounds can cause a number of human diseases, including inflammation and cancer, through DNA damage, protein modifications, or lipid peroxidation. This mini-review addresses the mechanisms of cell death...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Chen F,Vallyathan V,Castranova V,Shi X

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromium (VI) compounds are widely recognized as human carcinogens. Extensive studies in vitro and in model systems indicate that the reactive intermediate, Cr (V), generated by cellular reduction of Cr (VI), is likely the candidate for the ultimate carcinogenic form of chromium compounds. Here we review our current u...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Liu KJ,Shi X

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 1 (beta1,4-GT 1) is the key enzyme transferring galactose to the terminal N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) forming Galbeta3-->4GlcNAc structure in the Golgi apparatus. In addition, it also serves as a cell adhesion molecule by recognizing and binding to terminal GlcNAc of glycoconjugates on ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhang SW,Xu SL,Cai MM,Yan J,Zhu XY,Hu Y,Gu JX

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are naturally occurring plant compounds with antioxidant properties. Their consumption has been associated with the protective effects of certain diets against some of the complications of atherosclerosis. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidative modification is currently thought to be a significant event in...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Filipe P,Lança V,Silva JN,Morlière P,Santus R,Fernandes A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00